Good Evening!!! Would appreciate everyone idead and view on Court Days. When we we on out Maupin Reunion 2000 tour in Williamsburg, one of the employees of Colonial Williamsburg talked about Court Days. This was one or two days each month that people from all over the county came to do their court business. They said it was like a fair. Vendors would come and sell their wares and people would transact at the courthouse those items they needed. I noticed that when Daniel Maupin died the inventory was take within the month from when he died, yet it was not recorded until the first week of April the following year. This I though stranage, until I found that Dr. Socrates said that Margaret died the following year from her husband Daniel. I started searching and found at the end of March, about the 23 or 15 the Personal Property Tax showed Margaret on the rolls. Since Margaret was left apparently a "life interest" in the personal property She must have died after the 25 and before the date in April the inventory was recorded. Knowing this when I examine wills I look for the date written, then the date of the inventory and the date both were recorded. This willl give you a more accurate indication of the exact date of death. As the counties grew the use of courtdays inceased now when any day is courtday. Would like comments and opinions on this system of courtdays> William

My Dad described the Friday 'court days' in his home town of Vanceburg, Ky. He said the streets were dirt and there were always impromptu horse races being staged down the main street. (this was back around 1920). Evidently there was quite a bit of liquor flowing, too. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maupin Reunion" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 7:45 PM Subject: [VIA-L] Discussion of Court Days > Good Evening!!! > > Would appreciate everyone idead and view on Court Days. > > When we we on out Maupin Reunion 2000 tour in Williamsburg, one of the employees of Colonial Williamsburg talked about Court Days. This was one or two days each month that people from all over the county came to do their court business. They said it was like a fair. Vendors would come and sell their wares and people would transact at the courthouse those items they needed. > > I noticed that when Daniel Maupin died the inventory was take within the month from when he died, yet it was not recorded until the first week of April the following year. This I though stranage, until I found that Dr. Socrates said that Margaret died the following year from her husband Daniel. I started searching and found at the end of March, about the 23 or 15 the Personal Property Tax showed Margaret on the rolls. Since Margaret was left apparently a "life interest" in the personal property She must have died after the 25 and before the date in April the inventory was recorded. > > Knowing this when I examine wills I look for the date written, then the date of the inventory and the date both were recorded. This willl give you a more accurate indication of the exact date of death. As the counties grew the use of courtdays inceased now when any day is courtday. > > Would like comments and opinions on this system of courtdays> > > William >